Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent passage:
- Yet, even as TikTok delights consumers and advertisers, others believe the sunny app has a dark side.
- Since launching just five years ago, the app has brought a warm glow to its 1 billion plus users, as well as an icy dash of competition to the social media incumbents of Silicon Valley.
- ByteDance, its owner, has its headquarters in China, whose government is addicted to surveillance and propaganda- making it a worrying place for a media app to be placed.
- With its wholesome dancing and lip-syncing videos, TikTok once billed itself as the 'last sunny corner on the Internet.'
Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent passage:
- Yet, even as TikTok delights consumers and advertisers, others believe the sunny app has a dark side.
- Since launching just five years ago, the app has brought a warm glow to its 1 billion plus users, as well as an icy dash of competition to the social media incumbents of Silicon Valley.
- ByteDance, its owner, has its headquarters in China, whose government is addicted to surveillance and propaganda- making it a worrying place for a media app to be placed.
- With its wholesome dancing and lip-syncing videos, TikTok once billed itself as the 'last sunny corner on the Internet.'
Entered answer:
Solution
The passage talks about TikTok's positive image versus concerning Chinese ownership
Link A (4 → 2): "The app" in sentence 2 refers back to TikTok introduced in sentence 4, creating pronoun-antecedent connection.
Link B (2 → 1): "Yet" contrasts with sentence 2's positive description, introducing the opposing view about TikTok's dark side.
Link C (1 → 3): Sentence 3 explains the specific "dark side" mentioned in sentence 1 through ByteDance's Chinese ownership.
Introduction: Sentence 4 introduces TikTok and establishes its wholesome, positive image first.
Conclusion: Sentence 3 concludes by explaining the specific surveillance and propaganda concerns.
Assembling: Start with TikTok's positive branding, then growth success, contrast with concerns, explain specific risks.
Hence the correct order is 4213